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No. 464,489. Patented Dec. 8, 1891.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FRANK M. BELDEN AND MARTIN F. OHRISTENSON, OF AKRON, OHIO.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 464,489, dated December8, 1891.

Application filed April 12, 1890. Renewed October 3, 1891. Serial No.407.623. (No model.)

To all whom, t may concern.'

Be it known that we,FRANK M. BELDEN and MARTIN F. CHRIsTnNsoN, citizensof the United States, residing atAkron, in the county of Summit andState of Ohio, have invented a certain new and useful lmproved Hoe andProcess of Manufacture, of which the following is a specification.

the peculiar product of those operations, as

hereinafter fully described, and then specifically pointed out in theclaims, reference being had to the accompanying drawings forming a partof this specification.

In the accompanying drawings, in which similar letters of referenceindicate like parts, Figure l is an underelevation of the forged head;Fig. 2, a longitudinal central section of the same. Figs. 3 and 4 showseverally the rolled-plate blades; Fig. 5, an under elevation of thehead Withblades riveted thereto; Fig. 6, a side elevation of Fig. 5;Fig. 7, an under elevation of the completed hoe, and Fig. 8 a sideelevation of the same.

The first step in our process is the construction of the head A. Thishead is of malleable metal, preferably steel, and Which we produce inone operation by drop-forging. As Iirst lproduced and as shown in Figs.1 and 2, the head A has an elongated recess a, tapering ends B B Withabrupt shoulders b h', and projecting studs O C integral with the head.The blades C C', of the form shown in Figs. 3 and 4, are preferably ofrolled-steel plate, and each has a perforation to receive one of thestuds c c', and is shaped to rest against one of the shoulders b b.

The second step in our process consists in placing the blades O O on thehead A, so that the studs c c shall enter the orifices therein and theirends rest against the shoulders b b', andriveting or upsetting the studsin said plates, as shown in Figs. 5 and 6.

As a third and final step in our process, the head and riveted platesare brought at their lines of union to a Welding heat and placed betweendies of a drop-hammer, which simultaneously Weld the blades to the headand break through the bottom of the recess a, converting it into an eyefor the reception of a handle, as shown in Figs. 7 and 8.

As to those skilled in the art, the form of dies used in the differentsteps of our process Will be readily understood. As We make no claimthereon, no form of dies is shown.

lVe claim as our inventionl. As an improved process for makinggarden-hoes, the following steps: drop-forginga head with a cup-shapedrecess to form the eye, and studs integral With said head to oonstituterivets for the blades, attaching perfo rated plates to said head byriveting the studs in said plates, reheating the Whole, and thensimultaneously Welding the plates to the head and completing the eye bydrop-forging, substantially as shown and described.

2. An improved hoe having a drop-forged head with an eye, taperingextensions having studs integral with said head, and rolled perforatedmetallic blades riveted by said studs and Welded to said extensions bydrop-forging, substantially as shown and described.

In testimony that We claim the above We hereunto set our hands.

FRANK M. BELDEN. MARTIN F. CHRISTENSON. In presence of- C. P. HUMPHREY,C. E. HUMPHREY.

